“Man Alive: The Bronx is Burning” is an incredible documentary from the early 70s that follows Engine 82 as they do what Tommy talks about here. He’s not exaggerating when he says they’d catch over 10 jobs a shift.

Before this show jumped the shark it was amazing absolutely brilliant

My dad cried at this scene.

❤ Gimme Chocolate... Dudes!!

For me one of the best shows ever.. especially first couple of seasons.. greetings from Croatia

This show deserves so much

That’s my Grandpa Indian joe Nolan

Suicide is only a sin in specific circumstances.

When I was growing up with my dad in firehouses, they weren’t called jobs, they’re called calls. A job is a burden, they’re called to help.

Leary nailed it in this scene. Even in ways far beyond the series…

I hope people who dropped the show when it dragged in the middle came back for the last season. It was excellent

RIP Andrew Duncan🙏

they don't make ensemble dramas like this anymore. Closest might be "The Bear" right now. Denis Leary is v. full of himself and this show was flawed/a little goofy...but man, I loved this cast. John Scurti really did deserve a supporting actor Emmy too.

Great Writing

Indians need to respect animals especially pets

Was that cold storage fire a reference to the Worcester fire? I mean, being from Worcester I’m sure he’s aware of that tragedy.

Got like number 343 on the video, same number of firefighters that gave their lives on 9/11

what does leary say at 2:44?

0:43 That Is the same guy i saw on the TV mini-series The people va O.J. Simpson as LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman.

Leary was robbed of an emmy for at least one year of this series...one of the best shows ever

@0:28. The war cry. 😂

The pacers definitely watched this before that infamous game in detriot.

1:29

Fun fact for those who don’t know. The actor that plays jerry real name is Jack Mcgee. And he was a real fireman on in the Bronx in the 60’s and 70’s

If I get a little older?

Always hated franco

Was looking for this week's ago and couldn't find it. Find out it's been in KZbin for a decade

Essentially calls Jerry a coward when he agrees with Franco, goes on to defend Jerry, fiercely.....

Clarence should play for the blackhawks

That's awesome. One of my favorite characters of the movie.

Leary is right he was afraid of that fucking desk. Excuse? No sir let me tell you why, view above.

Thanks for the memories. Uncle Joe led penalty minutes in the league and was 1st to accumulate over 300 Uncle Joe was my grandmother's (Liz Mitchell)brother in law. We loved meeting our family at a reunion a few years ago. Believe me his legacy lives on in Clinton! My cousins are Joe Jr, Joey, Joe Joe and Cooner too. Some still play in the beer leagues I think..

Franco likes to say "coward" for everything doesn't he? lol

Howdy cuz!!!

That's my Grandfather

"I thought he was suspended forever"

yep. That's the clip I was looking for.

Well said

Great clip from an awesome series. But why in the hell do they lump in the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 2" trailer in with the rest of the clips from Rescue Me? Fucking idiots.

the only time this series paid the appropriate respect to Jerry

Brilliant scene. I love Leary he's so intense

its interesting how a lot of what goes on in the show actually happened to the actual actors. Tommy's Dad: that actor was a soldier in the US Army with the 3rd Army. The Actor who portrays Jerry: he was a fire fighter with the FDNY in the late 70s.

Leary is at his best when he's pissed.

This movie was filmed in my Dad's hometown of Johnstown, Pa.....they had a team called the Johnstown Jets, but changed it to Johnstown Chiefs after the popularity of this movie came out.

What was especially funny about the scenes he was in was the fact that he was on screen for less than a minute but my mom and her sisters took my then 77 year old grandmother to see the movie. After an hour and a half of the profanity and fighting...to say the least...grandma wasn't too happy with Uncle Joe's cinematic debut!!!

FROM WIKI- On November 7, 1955, Nolan was signed by the Clinton Comets after defenceman Jim Johnson was waived from the team. Nolan would finish the season leading the league in penalty minutes with 352 PIMs. Nolan's 352 PIMs were a league record and also marked the first time that a player accumulated over 300 penalty minutes in a season.

He was your uncle?!!! I've called my daughter "Screaming Buffalo" since she was 1 1/2 years old. She was dressed as an Indian girl that halloween and would get angry and chase me around the house until I gave her an M&M. She had a long black wig on and the braids dragged on the floor (she was just a baby) and would growl. Too funny. It reminded me of that scene in the movie! RIP Uncle Joe. Whats cool is that he was a badass on the ice in real life! i'll post the thing on wiki about him.

Damn...and Nolan was one of my favourite actors/actual players in the show. My condolences for your loss.

This scene was a little intence for me. That was sad that Jerry put the pistol in his mouth like that!

The Cold Storage Fire that Tommy talks about in this scene is the Worcester Cold Storage Fire that happened in 1999 in Worcester MA. 6 men from the Worcester FD died that night...one of them was Denis Leary's cousin...Jerry Lucey.